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Table 128a
Home health care patients who get better at taking their medication correctly, by race,a United States, 2004
        Single race    
    Total White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN Multiple races
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 38.8 0.0 39.0 0.1 39.3 0.1 38.3 0.3 37.9 0.9 38.5 0.6 38.7 1.3
Age 0-64 43.0 0.1 42.5 0.2 45.0 0.3 41.5 1.2 42.6 2.5 44.3 1.4 46.7 3.2
65-74 48.7 0.1 50.3 0.1 45.2 0.3 44.9 0.6 45.3 1.8 45.1 1.3 45.9 2.8
75-84 40.1 0.1 40.8 0.1 37.6 0.2 39.1 0.5 36.5 1.5 36.8 1.0 39.0 2.1
85 and over 29.4 0.1 29.8 0.1 28.7 0.3 28.3 0.6 27.9 1.9 29.1 1.2 27.5 2.2
Gender Male 39.5 0.1 39.9 0.1 39.5 0.2 38.2 0.5 40.1 1.5 38.5 1.0 37.7 2.0
Female 38.4 0.1 38.5 0.1 39.2 0.2 38.3 0.4 36.4 1.2 38.6 0.8 39.3 1.6

a Excludes records with missing values.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

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